RT Journal Article
T1 Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
A1 Plaček, Michal
A1 Valentinov, Vladislav
A1 Del Campo Campos, Cristina
A1 Vaceková, Gabriela
A1 Ochrana, František
A1 Šumpíková, Markéta
AB BackgroundThe uptake of green public procurement in the Czech Republic is known to lag behind the European standards. We trace this condition back to the adverse effects of a specific type of decision-making trade-off faced by the Czech public procurement officials, namely the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance. The trade-off means that public procurers are aware of administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious non-perfunctory implementation of green public procurement.ResultsThe overall result is that public procurers ultimately come to prioritize the contract criterion of the lowest price over ecological criteria. The existence of this trade-off has been generally confirmed by the results of a unique large-N survey of more than 1100 respondents from a group of local public officials and mayors in the Czech Republic.ConclusionWe have found that the decision-making of Czech public procurers is affected by the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance, which turn out to be mutually conflicting goals. On the one hand, many public procurers do possess a stewardship motivation that shapes their positive attitude to GPP. On the other hand, they are painfully aware of, and seek to forestall, administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious, i.e., non-perfunctory, implementation of GPP.
PB Springer
SN 2190-4715
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102975
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102975
LA eng
NO Plaček, M., Valentinov, V., del Campo, C., Vaceková, G., Ochrana, F., & Šumpíková, M. (2021). Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large-N survey. Environmental Sciences Europe, 33, 94.
NO Czech Grant Agency [GA19-06020S]
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 abr 2025